THE GOSPEL OF THE REDMAN

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Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on March 22, 2012 at 3:03pm

You too, Schay

Comment by Schay on March 22, 2012 at 10:45am

Native American Four Corners

Have a Beautiful evening!

Love, Light and Harmony

Schay

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on March 22, 2012 at 5:15am

Oh Schay, the vibrational energy of the sacred flute, and the visual of the wondrous mountains, are deep within my heart and soul. As without, so within :o)))

Comment by Lola Reinhart on March 22, 2012 at 4:37am

Thank You Schay for sharing--beautiful mountains and knowing words.  Rainbows of Love and Light

Comment by Schay on March 22, 2012 at 2:52am

Comment by Schay on March 22, 2012 at 2:51am

Uploaded by MayaAtlantis on Aug 14, 2009

"In contrast to the Judeo Christian religions which tend to celebrate people and events, and thus can be practiced anywhere, the Navajo religion is founded on relationships to specific places. The Navajo religion is defined by and cannot be separated from its relationship to specific geographical places. These sites are sacred because of special religious events which have occurred in that particular site.

The Navajo people believe that the Creator placed them on land between four sacred mountains: Blanca Peak in Colorado, Mount Taylor in New Mexico, the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona, and Hesperus Peak in Colorado. 

According to their own history, the Navajos have always lived between these mountains. The Navajo people have been instructed by the Creator never to leave their sacred homeland.
The story of the creation of the Navajo people and their emergence onto their sacred homeland is recounted in a ceremony known as the Blessingway, which is the foundation of the Navajo way of life. Blessingway focuses on the story of Changing Woman, who is the inner form of the Earth through its seasonal transformations. She is the major deity for the Navajo.
The Navajo are instructed that in the beginning, First Man and First Woman emerged onto this world near Huerfano Mountain in New Mexico. One day, First Man found a baby on a nearby mountain. The baby matured in four days and became Changing Woman. Changing Woman created the four original Navajo clans from her body. Her sons rid the land between the four sacred mountains of dangerous monsters and made it safe for the clans to inhabit. The Blessingway recounts in detail the instructions Changing Woman gave to the Navajo people she created. These teachings concern history and major religious practices, such as girl's puberty rite and the consecration of a family's hogan. When performed in its entirety, the Blessingway is a two-day ceremony whose purpose is to obtain peace, harmony, protection, and to help realise the goal of a long happy life.The number four is sacred to many Native Americans. There are four sacred mountains, four directions, four colors, four worlds, four sacred plants, four sacred stones, and four times of day. 
Time and space are defined by the four cardinal light phenomena: Dawn (white, east); Midday (blue, south); Evening Twilight (yellow, west), and Night (black, north). 
The four cardinal light phenomena are results of the sun's apparent daily motion. These phenomena are a composite of the four directions, the four times of day, and the four sacred colors linked with them.
A Navajo thinks of the east, Dawn, and the white color of the sky at the beginning of the day. This is the thinking direction.
At midday, the association is with the south which is usually "horizon blue" or "blue haze" in reference to the band of relatively darker blue that lies on the horizon at midday. This is the planning direction.
Evening twilight is associated with the west and "around the area becomes yellow". This is the evaluation direction.
Darkness is associated with the north and with the blackness of the night sky. This is the direction of change.
The four sacred stones of the Navajo are: turquoise, white shell, abalone and jet."

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on March 21, 2012 at 2:49pm

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on March 21, 2012 at 3:47am

Comment by Lola Reinhart on March 21, 2012 at 1:37am

I woke up praying this prayer.  Ditto on all everyone said.  I feel like i'm home when I'm on here.  Enjoy the SunShine before the rain comes.  Rainbows of Love and Blessings

Comment by Dorothy Peer Promiscuo on March 20, 2012 at 9:16pm

Beautiful images, beautiful meditations. As Eugene says, there is always such beauty here. I, too, am blessed to know wonderful people like you all. Thank you for this most wonderful post, dear LCF. Love and Light, always, Dot

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